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• Electronics Made Simple
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 2. ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, SIGNAL WAVEFORMS AND PASSIVE COMPONENTS
• Electronic Systems
• Waveforms
• Electronic Components
• Passive Components
• The Response of Circuits Containing Passive Components
• Summary
• Questions
• Suggested Further Reading
• CHAPTER 3. SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
• Conductors, Insulators and Semiconductors
• The pn Junction Rectifier
• Point-Contact Diodes
• Zener Diodes
• The Junction Transistor
• Transistor Operation
• Silicon Temperature Sensors
• The Semiconductor Gas Sensor
• Summary
• Questions
• Suggested Further Reading
• CHAPTER 4. AUDIO VOLTAGE AMPLIFIERS
• The Basic Voltage Amplifier
• Biasing Circuits
• Graphical Techniques
• Multistage Amplifiers
• Frequency Response and the Decibel Scale
• Negative-Feedback Amplifiers
• Input and Output Impedances
• Frequency Selective Feedback
• Summary
• Questions
• Suggested Further Reading
• CHAPTER 5. INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
• The Silicon Integrated Circuit
• The Emitter-Coupled Circuit (Long-Tailed Pair)
• Integrated Circuit Amplifiers
• Summary
• Questions
• Suggested Further Reading
• CHAPTER 6. POWER AMPLIFIERS
• Load Matching
• Push-Pull Output Stages
• Push-Pull Driver Stages (Phase-Splitters)
• Summary
• Questions
• CHAPTER 7. POWER SUPPLIES
• Batteries
• Solar Cells
• Power from the Mains
• The Thyristor
• Control of A.C. Supplies
• The Triac
• Radio-Frequency Interference
• Summary
• Questions
• CHAPTER 8. OSCILLATORS
• Sine-Wave Generators (Harmonic Oscillators)
• The Tank Circuit
• RC Oscillators
• Relaxation Oscillators
• Summary
• Questions
• CHAPTER 9. RADIO TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION
• The Launching of Radio Waves
• Amplitude Modulation and Detection
• Sidebands
• Radio Receivers for Amplitude-Modulated (A.M.) Waves
• Tuned R.F. Amplifiers
• The Superheterodyne Receiver
• Frequency-Modulated (F.M.) Receivers
• F.M. Detectors
• Summary
• Questions
• Suggested Further Reading
• CHAPTER 10. THE CATHODE-RAY OSCILLOSCOPE
• The Cathode-Ray Tube
• The Oscilloscope
• The Timebase
• Y-amplifiers
• Practical Considerations
• Voltage Measurements
• Frequency Measurements
• Phase Difference Measurements
• Waveform Analysis
• Summary
• Questions
• Suggested Further Reading
• CHAPTER 11. TELEVISION
• The Camera Tube
• Scanning and Synchronization
• The Television Receiver
• Colour Television
• The Colour Camera
• Summary
• Questions
• Suggested Further Reading
• CHAPTER 12. HIGH-FIDELITY SOUND REPRODUCTION
• Characteristics of the Ear
• High-Fidelity Equipment
• Microphones
• Disc Records, Pick-ups and Turntables
• Stereo Pick-ups
• Tape Recorders
• High-Fidelity Amplifiers
• Tape Recorder Amplifiers
• Tone Controls
• Loudspeakers
• F.M. Stereo Radio
• Digital Audio Discs
• Disc Fabrication
• Playback Arrangements
• Summary
• Questions
• Suggested Further Reading
• CHAPTER 13. INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL CIRCUITS
• Boolean Algebra
• The Transistor as a Switch
• The Bistable Circuit (Flip-Flop)
• The SR Flip-flop
• The JK Flip-flop
• The Shift Register
• Counting
• BCD Numbers
• Indicating Devices
• Logic Systems
• Computers and Microprocessors
• Memory Systems
• Random-Access Memory (RAM)
• Read-only Memories (ROM)
• EPROM
• Uncommitted Logic Array (ULA)
• Problems of Access
• Architecture of a Small Digital Computer
• Microprocessors
• Summary
• Questions
• CHAPTER 14. PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICES
• Photoemissive Cells
• Photoconductive Cells, or Light-Dependent Resistors (LDRs)
• Photovoltaic Cells
• The Phototransistor
• Summary
• Questions
• CHAPTER 15. PROJECTS
• Project 1: A Simple Radio Receiver
• Project 2: A Variable-Gain Amplifier
• Project 3: An Integrated-Circuit Radio
• Project 4: A Power Amplifier
• Project 5: A Mains Power Supply
• Project 6: Some Useful Operational Amplifier Circuits
• Project 7: An Electronic D.C. Multimeter
• Project 8: A Dimmer Circuit for Mains Lighting
• Project 9: An Inexpensive Burglar Alarm
• Project 10: A Light-activated Switch
• Further Information
• Index